#DBC561#DBC561

#DBC561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.123 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DBC561
RGB	rgb(219, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -4.58, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 52.40, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0152 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.123 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3393, 55.8578, 19.3843)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DBC561 #6177DB

analogous

#DB8861 #DBC561 #B4DB61

triadic

#DBC561 #61DBC5 #C561DB

tetradic

#DBC561 #61DB88 #6177DB #DB61B4

square

#DBC561 #61DB88 #6177DB #DB61B4

split-complementary

#DBC561 #61B4DB #8861DB

monochromatic

#9E8824 #D0B32F #DBC561 #E6D793 #F2EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DBC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DBC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DBC561

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DBC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DBC561	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dbc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.123 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d691',
    500: '#dbc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dbc561;
$custom-light: #e9d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dbc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DBC561

secondary

#3F51A1

accent

#3BCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DBC561

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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